An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching
To facilitate faculty's information use and the design of search systems, this study aimed at identifying the task-genre associations in the context of university teaching. Qualitative citation analysis was first employed to identify the genres faculty used based on citations in their teaching...
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| description | To facilitate faculty's information use and the design of search systems, this study aimed at identifying the task-genre associations in the context of university teaching. Qualitative citation analysis was first employed to identify the genres faculty used based on citations in their teaching materials. Semi-structured interviews were then employed to collect data regarding the tasks they performed to use different genres. Qualitative content analysis was also employed to analyze interview transcripts. 27 faculty members from different disciplines contributed 28 courses. The task-genre associations this study uncovered illustrate the functions of different genres. The results indicate the teaching tasks participants performed served as the criteria that determined what genres should be included or excluded. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7e13dd009a842a782bb8f081a4c453e2022-12-22T03:34:44ZengNational Chengchi University LibrariesTūzī yǔ dàng’àn xuékān2412-18002019-06-0111113410.6575/JILA.201906_(94).0001An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University TeachingMin-Chun Ku0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7387-7597Department of Information and Library Science, Tamkang UniversityTo facilitate faculty's information use and the design of search systems, this study aimed at identifying the task-genre associations in the context of university teaching. Qualitative citation analysis was first employed to identify the genres faculty used based on citations in their teaching materials. Semi-structured interviews were then employed to collect data regarding the tasks they performed to use different genres. Qualitative content analysis was also employed to analyze interview transcripts. 27 faculty members from different disciplines contributed 28 courses. The task-genre associations this study uncovered illustrate the functions of different genres. The results indicate the teaching tasks participants performed served as the criteria that determined what genres should be included or excluded.https://jila.lib.nccu.edu.tw/2019volume-11/111-no-94-june-2019/3417/genre theoryprofessional tasksinformation useinformation behaviors |
| spellingShingle | Min-Chun Ku An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching Tūzī yǔ dàng’àn xuékān genre theory professional tasks information use information behaviors |
| title | An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching |
| title_full | An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching |
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| title_short | An Investigation of the Associations between Professional Tasks and Document Genres in the Context of University Teaching |
| title_sort | investigation of the associations between professional tasks and document genres in the context of university teaching |
| topic | genre theory professional tasks information use information behaviors |
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